Far-Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope (FIRST)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4633. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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European Space Agency `Cornerstone' mission to be launched in 2007. Carries a 3.5 metre diameter mirror, the largest ever used for an infrared space telescope. Its three instruments—two cameras and a high-resolution spectrometer—will observe far-infrared and submillimetre emissions from gas and dust heated by young stars, and should detect galaxies forming in the very early Universe. The instrume...

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